Rashford emerges joint-favourite for British Sports Personality, 2020

Manchester United strike, Marcus Rashford, has emerged the bookmakers’ joint-favourite to win Britain’s Sports Personality of the Year Award after his successful campaign for school food vouchers to be provided over the summer holidays.…

China Reports Dozens Of New COVID-19 Cases For Second Consecutive Day

China reported dozens of new coronavirus cases for the second consecutive day on Monday as a growing cluster of infections stoked fears of a second wave, while more borders were…

BREAKING: YAHAYA BELLO LOSES PERSONAL ASSISTANT

Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, has lost his personal assistant, Abdulateef Suleiman. The deceased, it was learnt, had been on admission at a private hospital in Abuja. He died…

Nigeria Records 490 New Cases Of COVID-19, 31 More Deaths

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Wednesday said Nigeria has recorded 490 new cases of the novel coronavirus and an additional 31 deaths linked to the virus. The…

FOREIGN RESERVE DROPS BY $129.83M IN ONE WEEK

The country’s foreign reserves have commenced a downward trend, dropping by $129.83m in one week, the latest data from the Central Bank of Nigeria have shown. The reserves, which stood…

POLICE IN LAGOS PREVENTS 40-YEAR OLD MAN FROM JUMPING INTO LAGOON

The Lagos State Police Command has restrained a driver, identified as Samuel Akinbode, 40, from jumping into the lagoon on the Third Mainland Bridge in an apparent suicide attempt. It…

CONFUSION IN APC AS NWC DISOWNS GAIDOM AFFIRMS AJIMOBI AS ACTING CHAIRMAN

In a new twist to the crisis rocking the All Progressives Congress, the party’s National Working Committee has ratified Abiola Ajimobi as the Acting National Chairman. It also disowned Victor…

MESSI CONTINUES GOOD SCORING FORM

Lionel Messi was rugby tackled and then scored a penalty as Barcelona put the pressure back on Real Madrid by easing to a 2-0 victory over Leganes in La Liga…

BAYERN MUNICH CLINCH EIGHT SUCCESSIVE BUNDESLIGA TITLE

Bayern Munich have clinched an eighth consecutive Bundesliga title by winning 1-0 away to Werder Bremen to go 10 points clear of Borussia Dortmund, who have only three games left…

NEW ELECTRICITY TARIFFS WILL TAKE EFFECT IN JULY – MINISTER OF POWER

The Minister of Power, Sale Mamman, has insisted that the new increment on electricity tariff would take off in July.  He stated this on Tuesday at the Investigative Public Hearing…